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What's a good grammatical opposite for the auxiliary usage of the verb 始める,
meaning that you're describing the beginning of a verb?


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What's a good grammatical antonym for the auxiliary verb 始める?


The antonym of _to begin_ is _to end_. As a matter of fact the antonym of 始める
is 終{お}わる. It does work the same way as 始める.

Example:

> 本を読み始める (start reading a book) -- 本を読み終わる (finish reading a book)

Note: You can also use 終{お}える in place of 終わる.


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